we're now joined by republican senator bob portman of ohio. ator, thank you for joining us today. this is raising some concerns among lawmakers. >> well, it certainly should, eric. one of the reasons 309-day notice is in place is so that the administration can come to the congress and talk about why they want to release a particular detainee at guantanamo, justify that, but also explain to congress under what conditions that detainee will be released. in other words, how do you keep that detainee off the battlefield. in this case as we've seen, five guys are getting out, all of whom have ties to terrorist groups, two of whom are military commanders. what i've heard in the media, because we haven't been notified yet in congress nor have the american people been told is they are likely to be in qatar for one year. we weren't told under what conditions that will be. access to the internet and will they be able to reconnect to the taliban and to the terrorist groups that are affiliated with the taliban. does this pose a continued danger to our forc

with that, i yield to my colleague from ohio and i thank the indulgence of an additional five. mr. portman: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: madam president, first of all, i enjoyed hearing the remarks of my colleague from alaska and appreciate her leadership on the energy and natural resources committee where i have the privilege of serving, and she makes a lot of great points with regard to some of the student loan issues that affect our state of ohio as well as alaska, but today i'm here to talk about something else, and that is the 90th birthday of a mentor of mine, a former boss of mine and the 41st president of the united states, george h.w. bush. in addition to honoring him by wearing some colorful socks today, madam president, i also wanted to make a statement in the congressional record so that this statement can go down in the ages and that some of the young folks who are in the chamber today and their kids and grandkids will have this as part of the congressional record in talking about truly one of our great american patriots and publi

of this body would support the bill and oppose the president's proposal. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president, thank you for recognizing me. a momentous occasion is occurring tomorrow, and that is the 70th anniversary of d-day. 70 years ago tomorrow as the american people slept in their beds, the greatest naval invasion in history was underway. on d-day, june 6, 1944, tens of thousands of american soldiers, sailors and airmen joined allies from around the free world to begin what general eisenhower called a great crusade, one that sought to free a continent. they came by amphibious landing craft, and i think my colleague from louisiana is going to talk more about that in a moment. they also came by gliders, by parachutes deployed behind enemy lines. and at beaches calmed omaha and utah and at the cliffs of point au hawk. they stroke a mortal blow to the tphad stkeu regime. -- tphaz stkeu regime. thousands gave their lives that day aoeufplt seen the cemetery. rows of the stars of david, a stark reminder of the price they paid for us. these men did not go into battle alone, mr. p

portman. comes from a big union state ohio, the rest of them don't. this that's nothing to do with unions. this has something to do about whether we think it's important for this country to be able to produce steel so we are not put in a vulnerable position. is there any conservative broadcaster out there that would say that i'm wrong about this. i know i'm not. and they agree with me. richard shelby from alabama agrees with ed. cochran from mississippi and grassley from iowa and coburn from oklahoma. something is brewing here. don't you think? when was the last time we had this many republicans signed on to something to protect workers? get your cell foends out. do you think this is something congressional members should agree on? text a for yes and b for no. you can go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com and comment. for more, let me bring in john, signed on to keep it made in america. there were a lot of stickers there, make it in america. why is this such a heavy political lift? >> i don't understand. i really don't understand, ed. the fact you're mad as hell is so important and even more impo

i think for a number of reasons it is inappropriate for us to adopt this resolution, and so i will object. mr. portman: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: it is unfortunate we can't find at least at this point bipartisan agreement on something as straightforward as this. to my friend from michigan, i would say a couple of things. one, this resolution does not prejudge the investigation. the resolution does not talk about the president's article 2 powers. it very clearly says the transfers of these detainees violated the national defense authorization act legislation that you brought to the floor and the appropriations bill. that's what it says. so that is clear by the very language in those bills, that it does violate those bills. it doesn't talk about the constitutional authorities the president may have. it does say that it violates the clear terms of this legislation. it does not prejudge the investigation, which is into why. with again the intent of trying to keep this from happening again. and i do think the president could have used reasoned judgment from people who have been around for awhile, maybe even senator lev

of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. portman: i rise today to put the senate on record on something very important and that is speaking to the decision by the obama administration to release five top taliban leaders from guantanamo bay without consulting congress, as required by law. a decision that i believe endangers the lives of american personnel, not to mention the countless afghans and the success of our mission in afghanistan. it's been well reported in the press that this release was done without consulting congress or congressional leaders on either side of the aisle, republican or democrat, by the way. and this was in clear violation of a requirement to provide detailed notice to congress before such action is taken, a requirement that's contained both in an authorization bill called the 2004 national defense authorization act, and a spending bill, the consolidated appropriations act of 2014,

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a number of senators, senator rubio, obviously rand paul has been paving the way for a run. senator rob portman from ohioesting candidate. there are a lot out there who are looking at it. i think it's going to be a wide open race. it will be interesting to see who captures -- you know, you can imagine in a race with a big field, a candidate with a relatively small majority, 22%, 23%, 24% in primaries could win the primaries and get the nomination. >> do you think it will be a less exciting race in some ways, simply because the economy has recovered? in other words, the issues are going to -- there's obviously still a lot of economic focus but the issues will have to be broadened out and not just be about the economy recovering. >> i don't think there's any question that 2008 was a unique period to have an election. i was in the white house at the time and if you remember, the suspended campaign of senator mccain and we had both presidential candidates come to the white house for a meeting, right in the midst of the election season. we're not going so see -- i hope we don't see that kind of drama and let'

of government at harvard and georgetown university law center. he lives in kensington maryland with his wife and their three children. rob portman is the united states senator from ohio. he was elected in 2010 running a campaign that focused on conservative ideas to create jobs and get the deficit under control. he was born and raised in cincinnati where he lives today with his wife and their three children. he grew up in a small business family where he learned early on the value of hard work about leadership and fiscal responsibility. when he was young, his dad borrowed money to start portman equipment company where he and his brother and sister worked while growing up. his father and his brother built a family business from a small truck dealership with five employees. he developed his own private practice representing small practices. in 1993, he was a partner in a cincinnati law firm when he was elected to congress and where he represented the papers 722nd district in southern ohio. he served 12 years and off seven elections he never received less than 70% of the vote. during tha the time in congresse is involved in the historic welfare efforts and he was an adv

ohio republican senator rob portman outline their budget priorities. >> former iraq administrator paul bremer wrote in the wall street journal recently about the possibility of sending more u.s. troops to iraq. he will join us on the next washington journal. we will talk to congresswoman loretta sanchez about u.s. options in iraq. she serves on the house homeland security committee. steven levy of wired magazine on his piece about recent changes at the healthcare.gov website. you can join the conversation on facebook, twitter and by phone. >> the thesis of the book is that there is a whole group of people in america that is being ignored, left behind, not included in the discussion. argue thely, i would republican party. blue-collar conservatives, the folks out there who are working people, most of them don't have college degrees, folks that really still understand the value and importance of work and responsibility. they understand the importance of family and faith. they believe in freedom and limited government. those are conservative republican voters and in many cases they are not. a lot of them aren't voting at all because they don't see either party t

portman budget, finance, homeland security and energy committees. great to see you today. >> thanks for having me on. >> the great state of ohio. >> absolutely.mayor on. my friend that i went to school with, it's his son. we are getting old, senator. you have that hair and everything, and it's very distinguished. we were talking to bill ackman about valeant. one of the reasons they are able to make a rich bid is because of the tax rate. pfizer wanted to move and take a billion dollars of tax revenue to the uk because of the tax rate. here we sit on both sides of the aisle while we are obviously losing competitiveness. it would help job creation and everything else. is that what we're talking about? corporate tax reform with you? >> absolutely. rome is burning. it's urgent. a lot of stuff you're talking about is tax driven. pfizer companies, smaller than it is. changes the the domicile to island or wherever. it's about losing out on acquisitions. you were talking about american companies competing for acquisitions. a company in europe or asia can step in and say, hey, i'll pay a premium. we are not just losing companies in headquarters, we are

of sophomore college and the john f. kennedy. he lives in kensington maryland with his wife catherine and his three children. rob portman as the united states senator from ohio. he was elected in 2010 running the campaign that focused on the conservative ideas to create jobs and get the deficit under control he was born and raised in cincinnati where he lives today with his wife and his three children. they started a company where rob and his brother and sister worked while growing up. they built the business from the small dealership with five employees with his mom as the bookkeeper to the one that employed more than 300 people. he became a lawyer had developed his own private practice representing small businesses. in 1993 rob was a partner in a cincinnati law firm when he was elected to congress when he thee represented the diapers seven county to strict in southern ohio. he served for 12 years and off of seven elections he never received less than 70% of the vote. during his time in congress committee was actively involved in crafting the historic of their reform efforts. and he was an advocate of the balanced budget bill that passed in 1997. he gained

of them, and responsible for the american taxpayers. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from ohio. mr. portman: thank you, mr. president. my colleague from wyoming, dr. barrasso, has just talked to a lost issues related to the affordable care act, otherwise known as obamacare. the mandates in this legislation don't wok for many americans. the one-size-fits-all approach doesn't work. he's also talked about the costs. it is not the affordable care act. it tends to be the unaffordable care act. costs have gone up already too hievment we're finding that a lot of small businesses in my home state of ohio are simply squeezed to the point where they are worried they can provide health care at all. so these are all very serious concerns and a reason that i think we do need to repeal but replace with policies that do work better to provide people more choices and provide lower cost of care so they can get health care for themselves and their family. i want to talk about a very specific aspect of obamacare and its implementation that concerns me. came to the floor a couple of days ago to talk about this

of the national press club who is here with us. anything you would like to say, myron? here comes the microphone. we are live on c-span. >> i know senator portman -- always nice to see you. ohiostate buckeyes are coming to maryland, you know? thank you, senator and congressman. the national press club has the motto -- this is where news is made. thank you for helping with this this morning. i do not want to take more than a moment -- i want to take a moment of my time to thank you both. everybody is here to ask questions. >> ok, congressman van hollen? >> if i can figure out how to use this microphone button. there we go. well, first, let me start by thanking law for bringing us together today. it is great to be back here, and thanks for all your leadership. myron, thank you for your stewardship here at the national press club. it is great to be here with my friend and colleague rob portman. as he indicated, we have worked together on these budget issues. they are tough and challenging, and i am hopeful that at some point down the line we are able to resolve them in a more comprehensive fashion. we have had some piecemeal progress, but really what we need is more comprehensiv

of the national press club who is here with us. anything you would like to say, myron? here comes the microphone. we are live on c-span. i know senator portman -- always nice to see you. ohiotate buckeyes are coming to maryland, you know? andk you, senator congressman. the national press club has the motto -- this is where news is made. thank you for helping with this this morning. i do not want to take more than a moment -- i want to take a moment of my time to thank you both. everybody is here to ask questions. hollen?ongressman van >> if i can figure out how to use this microphone button. there we go. well, first, let me start by thanking law for bringing us together today. it is great to be back here, and thanks for all your leadership. myron, thank you for your stewardship here at the national press club. it is great to be here with my friend and colleague rob portman. as he indicated, we have worked together on these budget issues. they are tough and challenging, and i am hopeful that at some point down the line we are able to resolve them in a more comprehensive fashion. we have had some piecemeal progress, but really what we need is more comprehensive progress on t